name, as designation of God, specif. of
י׳ (especially Je Ez
Isaiah 2,
Isaiah 3 ψψ):—first (in Hex) in phr.
ק׳ בְּשׁ׳ י׳ Genesis 4:26 (J),
call with, i.e. use the name
י׳ in worship, so
Genesis 12:8;
Genesis 13:4;
Genesis 21:33;
Genesis 26:35 + (v.
קרא 2 c); hence, of place of worship,
בְּכָל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אַזְכִּיר אֶת־שְׁמִי שָׁם Exodus 20:21 (Gi v
Exodus 20:18);
אֶת־שְׁמוֹ שָׁם [לְשַׁכֵּן] לָשׂוּם Deuteronomy 12:5,
Deuteronomy 12:11 +;
בָּנָה בַּיִת לִשְׁמִי II Samuel 7:13 + often; people come
לְשׁ׳ י׳ Joshua 9:9 (R
D), so
לְמַעַן שׁ׳ I Kings 8:41 =
II Chronicles 6:32,
Isaiah 60:9; seek it
Psalms 83:17;
swear with בְּשׁ׳ י׳ I Samuel 20:42 Deuteronomy 6:13;
Deuteronomy 10:20 Leviticus 19:12, cf.
(לַשָּׁוְא) Exodus 20:7(×2) =
Deuteronomy 5:11(×2);
תָּפַשׂ שׁ׳ י׳ Proverbs 30:9;
נִקְרָא שְׁמִי עַל־, etc., in token of ownership (cf.
2 a),
Jeremiah 7:10 + (v. p. 896 a); = his reputation, fame, c.
עָשָׂה לוֹ, v.
1 b (1), cf.
Joshua 7:9;
בְּשׁ׳ י׳, i.e. as his representative
Exodus 5:23 (J),
I Samuel 17:45 Deuteronomy 10:8 II Samuel 6:18 II Kings 2:24 + (v.
2 a ad fin.); especially as embodying the (revealed) character of
י׳:
י׳ שְׁמוֹ Amos 5:8;
Amos 9:6 Jeremiah 33:2,
זֶה שְּׁמִי לְעֹלָם Exodus 3:15 (E; ‖
זֵכֶר; fundamental passage),
Exodus 6:3 (P);
צְבָאוֹת שְׁמוֹ (א׳) י׳ Amos 4:13;
Amos 5:27 Jeremiah 10:16;
Jeremiah 46:18 + 10 times Je
Isaiah 2,
י׳ קַנָּא שְׁמוּ Exodus 34:14 (J; cf.
Exodus 20:5 Nahum 1:2),
קָדוֹשׁ שׁ׳ Isaiah 57:15,
שׁ׳ קָדְשִׁי[וֹ] Amos 2:7 Ezekiel 39:7;
Ezekiel 43:7 Psalms 103:1 + often; hence object of knowledge
Isaiah 52:6 Jeremiah 48:17,
יֹדְעֵי שְׁמֶ֑ךָ Psalms 9:11 (‖
דֹּרְשֶׁיךָ), love
Isaiah 56:6,
אֹהֲבֵי שׁ׳ Psalms 5:12;
Psalms 69:37;
Psalms 119:132, fear
Psalms 61:6, especially of praise, etc. (
הִלֵּל,
הִזְכִּיר,
הוֹדָה,
בֵּרַךְ, etc.):
לְשִׁמְךָ אֲזַמֵּר II Samuel 22:50 (‖
אוֹדְךָ, and so very often ‖
י׳) =
Psalms 18:50, cf.
I Chronicles 16:10;
I Chronicles 29:13 Psalms 45:18 Isaiah 26:13 I Kings 8:33,
I Kings 8:35 =
II Chronicles 6:24,
II Chronicles 6:26 Psalms 8:2,
Psalms 8:10 +;
הָבוּ לי׳ כְּבוֹד שְׁמוֹ Psalms 29:2;
Psalms 96:8, and many combinations; opp.
חִלֵּל אֶת־שׁ׳ א׳ Leviticus 18:21 +,
נקב שׁ׳ י׳ Leviticus 24:16,
נִאֵץ שׁ׳ Psalms 74:10,
Psalms 74:18, etc.;
הַשּׁ׳ הַנִּכְבָּד וְהַנּוֹרָא Deuteronomy 28:58, cf.
Nehemiah 1:11,
לְמַעַן שִׁמְךָ, in appeals to
י׳ to act according to his character
Jeremiah 14:7,
Jeremiah 14:21 Ezekiel 20:9,
Ezekiel 20:14 Isaiah 48:9;
Isaiah 66:5 Psalms 25:11;
Psalms 31:4 +;
שׁ׳ י׳ is powerful agent,
בְּשִׁמְךָ הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי Psalms 54:3 (‖
בִּגְבוּרָתְךָ), cf.
Psalms 124:8; of
מַלְאַךְ י׳,
י׳ says
שְׁמִי בְּקִרְבּוֹ Exodus 23:21 (E);
הַשֵּׁם Leviticus 24:11 is prob. scribal substitution for word
י׳ (already beginning to be thought ineffable, especially c.
וַיִּקֹּב cf. Gei
Urschr. 273 f. Di Dr-Wh Baen); on development of this usage, and Jewish use of
הַשּׁ׳ as personif. or hypostasis, v. Levy
NHWB s. v. Jastr
s. v..—
קָרוֹב שְׁמֶ֑ךָ Psalms 75:2 is striking, but doubtful, < 𝔊 Dy Che Gr Hup-Now
קֹרְאֵי שׁ׳, Du
קָרָנוּ בִשׁ׳ (=
קָרָאנוּ).